Understanding the Drivers of Cost and Length of Stay in a Cohort of 21,875 Patients with Severe Burn
Hauc S, Stögner V, Ihnat J, Hosseini H, Huelsboemer L, Kauke-Navarro M, Rivera J, Williams M, Glahn J, Savetamal A, Pomahac B. Understanding the Drivers of Cost and Length of Stay in a Cohort of 21,875 Patients with Severe Burn. Journal Of Burn Care & Research 2023, 45: 425-431. PMID: 37882472, DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irad168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLength of stayNational Inpatient SampleThird-degree burnsSkin graftsSevere burnsMajor operating room proceduresLonger LOSPost-operative complicationsBurn-related deathsCost of hospitalizationICD-9 codesImproved mortality ratesOperating room proceduresDrivers of costSecond-degree burnsOnly patientsPatient characteristicsSurgery patientsElectrolyte imbalanceInpatient SampleIndividual patientsInpatient dataComplex careRepresentative cohortPatientsAssociation of age with perioperative morbidity among patients undergoing surgical management of minor burns
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